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Just as personal and probing as her celebrity interviews, entertainment industry icon, now advocate for seniors, Rona Barrett is here to tell you all about growing gray in a new golden age. To help seniors in their time of need, please support the nonprofit Rona Barrett Foundation at www.ronabarrettfoundation.org.

Rona Barrett's Gray Matters: The Podcast Rona Barrett

    • Maatschappij en cultuur

Just as personal and probing as her celebrity interviews, entertainment industry icon, now advocate for seniors, Rona Barrett is here to tell you all about growing gray in a new golden age. To help seniors in their time of need, please support the nonprofit Rona Barrett Foundation at www.ronabarrettfoundation.org.

    The old-age farce awakens (revisited)

    The old-age farce awakens (revisited)

    Can we battle the stereotypes of aging – and keep a sense of humor? Rona was determined to gain some insights when, one day over lunch, even her dear dad chimed in with a doozy. What's really behind these stereotypes? Let's find out in today's Rona Barrett's Gray Matters, "The Old-Age Farce Awakens." 

    • 7 min.
    EPISODE #101 When Harry met Max (revisited)

    EPISODE #101 When Harry met Max (revisited)

    It’s amazing what happens when children and seniors get the chance to interact! This week on Rona Barrett’s Gray Matters Podcast, Rona shares her discovery of “intergenerational care activities", when her aging father, Harry, met a young boy named Max. And how similar are the activities children need for physical, social and intellectual growth to those that aging seniors need to maintain their cognitive functions!

    • 6 min.
    Parent to my parent (revisited)

    Parent to my parent (revisited)

    This month, as we enter the home stretch to open Harry’s House for seniors in need, Rona is dedicating her Gray Matters podcasts to the memory of her dear dad, Harry, and some stories of what she learned from him along the way.

    • 5 min.
    The "T" Word

    The "T" Word

    The past serves as a guiding light, marking the trail of our transformation. As we look forward to opening the doors of Harry’s House in August, on Rona Barrett’s Gray Matters Podcast Rona looks back on key moments that made her who I am today. And then stay tuned throughout July for special stories of life with her father, Harry, that helped shape the vision for a place where even seniors in great need can have the golden years they deserve.
     

    • 6 min.
    The hand-kiss heard ‘round the world

    The hand-kiss heard ‘round the world

    Today, Rock Hudson is remembered not only for his on-screen legacy, but for his courage and dignity. On Rona Barrett's Gray Matters, Rona remembers her major interviews with Hudson, and how the entertainment industry reacted. And more about what dignity meant in her entertainment career, and now as an innovator and advocate for seniors in need. 

    • 4 min.
    In order to form a more perfect union.

    In order to form a more perfect union.

    This week Rona Barrett’s Gray Matters Podcast is all about the common good: what it means, its history in our country, and what we can do to regain our ability to contribute to it. And Rona's advice for the one this we can do to make our voices heard! Hint: it starts with a "V."
     

    • 5 min.

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